Thread: How bad are Christians really?

The following video was interesting to me because here on this forum we've had discussions on religion, and time and again the notion of hypocrisy is used to deride the Christian faith. It's a part of the series I posted on before, but this video presents a compelling argument, if not for someone to take up faith in God and Christ, then at least for someone to be more accepting of Christians and their views. I wanted to share this but I won't be defending the faith or anything in this thread, you guys discuss as you please. Food for thought. Running time is ten minutes, so not as painful to put up with as some vids I've posted here.

Hitler may not have been an atheist, but I am willing to go along with you on this because either way we have a point of agreement here! Commanding genocide is immoral – are you willing to condemn the God of the Old Testament for commanding genocide?

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

Hitler may not have been an atheist, but I am willing to go along with you on this because either way we have a point of agreement here! Commanding genocide is immoral – are you willing to condemn the God of the Old Testament for commanding genocide?

Provide research and details on this please.

1 Samuel 15:2-3

Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I will punish the Amalekites for what they did in opposing the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.”

Who did God ask to do this? Why did he ask them to do it? Did they succeed in destroying all of them? What had they done to incur God's wrath?

Originally Posted by -Lazarus-

Who did God ask to do this? Why did he ask them to do it? Did they succeed in destroying all of them? What had they done to incur God's wrath?

Does any of this matter? Hitler did the same.... and that was wrong and immoral.

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

Does any of this matter? Hitler did the same.... and that was wrong and immoral.

Thank you for being so predictable.

You have placed God, the creator of the universe, on the same footing as Adolph Hitler. I would personally say that anyone who is capable of doing that is twisted at the least. You also are conflating and act representing justice with one which is clearly evil. Furthermore, as a non-believer, by what moral code or authority do you judge them or conflate the issues in the first place?

Frankly I don't think you are equipped to even have this conversation so I will choose to disengage at this point. Let's just call my response food for thought for you as leave it at that, shall we?

Originally Posted by -Lazarus-

Thank you for being so predictable.

You have placed God, the creator of the universe, on the same footing as Adolph Hitler. I would personally say that anyone who is capable of doing that is twisted at the least. You also are conflating and act representing justice with one which is clearly evil. Furthermore, as a non-believer, by what moral code or authority do you judge them or conflate the issues in the first place?

Frankly I don't think you are equipped to even have this conversation so I will choose to disengage at this point. Let's just call my response food for thought for you as leave it at that, shall we?

wheres your proof of that?

Originally Posted by moving-target

wheres your proof of that?

Do you need proof? Would it really matter?

So what makes you think that by following the word of god, you will be awarded heaven?
If god makes all, and satan is part of all.....

Judge away my fellow man....